Questions tagged [guest-additions]
VirtualBox Guest Additions is an application that can be installed inside a virtual machine to provide various features to enhance integration with the host computer, such as seamless windows, system clock synchronization and clipboard synchronization.
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VirtualBox VM with a suddenly smaller screen
I have a Windows 7 VM that I use for testing purposes. It's running on a Windows 10 host, with Guest Additions installed. For a long time it worked flawlessly, but all of a sudden the screen was ...
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Security Concerns for VMs in DMZ
In Vmware Workstation a VMnet8(NAT) Interface on Host System acts as a External Port for a VM Guest, If a Put the VM in DMZ can the Host get compromised or attacked as the VMnet8 has Ip addresses ...
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Unable to install Virtualbox Guest Additions in a Ubuntu VM
I am struggling to install guest additions in my Linux Virtual Box environment. The reason I'm using the older version of Vbox is because anything newer crashes on start-up on my Win7 machine and the ...
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No vbox guest modules load in Debian guest after update Virtualbox from v6 to v7
After updated Virtualbox from v6 to v7 on Window 10 - I installed extension pack for v7 and then reinstalled guest additions for the guest.
The guest is Debian-based AntiX with kernel 4.9. I have also ...
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Fail to install Virtualbox Guest Additions
I am trying to install Guest Additions in CentOS8 in virtualBox 7.0.4, and the host is win 10, but cannot succeed. I did this by the following steps:
(1) update the kernel and install dependencies by:
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VirtualBox guest additions update got error missing SELinux target policy file
While updating VirtualBox guest additions on a Red Hat Linux 7 (RHEL7) virtual machine, we got the below error about missing a target policy file of SELinux.
We checked the virtual machine:
We tried ...
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Conflicting information about the version of Virtualbox guest additions that is running
I have VirtualBox 6.1.36 installed on Windows 10, and I'm using it to run two virtual machines, one with Xubuntu 18.04 and the other with Xubuntu 22.04. "Auto-resize guest display" works for ...
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Is VirtualBox 6.1 able to be installed correctly on Windows 11?
Is VirtualBox 6.1 (Version 6.1.32 r149290 (Qt5.6.2)) able to be installed correctly on Windows 11?
I manage to install CentOS 7.9.2009 in VirtualBox 6.1 (on Windows 11 host), but whatever I do (e.g., ...
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Mounting shared folder in VirtualBox 6.1 for Ubuntu 20.04 (Windows host) not working
I followed https://www.pragmaticlinux.com/2021/02/how-to-mount-a-shared-folder-in-virtualbox/(among other related threads) in order to mount a shared folder in my Ubuntu 20.04 VM.
Auto-mounting
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Windows Vista stops VirtualBox Graphics Adapter (WDDM) with error code 43
I have a Windows Vista virtual machine which I'd like to enable 3D Acceleration on. If I install VirtualBox Guest Additions it successfully installs the driver and reboots the VM, however I don't get ...
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How to install Guest Additions in VrtualBox OpenSuse
How to install Guest Additions in VrtualBox OpenSuse? tapping "Insert Guest Additions" in Devices does not install, the installation process ends with errors "kernel headers not found ...
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Auto-resize guest display greyed out. Insert Guest Additions fails... Virtual Box VM (Guest: Ubuntu Budgie, Host: Windows 10)
I've searched all over the internet for a solution to this and cannot find anything that works.
Here's what I've tried:
installing guest additions via terminal in vm.
Swapping video adapter VMSVGA to ...
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Unable to resize the window in virtual box
I have the following issue when I try to install the OVA file the window pops up, however, I am unable to resize the window to actually process with the next part in virtual box. I tried to change ...
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Cannot share a folder with newest version of VirtualBox
My host is Win 10. For years, I haven't been able to install Guest Additions from the VM's menu Devices -> Install Guest Additions CD Image..., but I've been able to do that manually by following ...
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Error while installing Virtualbox guest additions in Ubuntu 20.04.2: Look at /var/log/vboxadd-setup.log to find out what went wrong
I'm having an issue trying to install Virtual box Guest Additions. My host OS is Ubuntu 20.04.2, and my Pc has a Windows 10 OS.
The steps I followed to try install Guest additions are:
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